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  • September 2008

    • Romans Left Conquered Peoples More Prone to HIV

      BBC  |  Sep 4, 08 6:06 PM CDT

      Romans Left Conquered Peoples More Prone to HIV

      (Newser) - The Roman conquest of Europe may explain why populations living in the former empire are more vulnerable to HIV, French researchers say. A genetic variant that protects against the AIDS-causing virus is less prevalent in former Roman colonies such as England, France, Greece, and Spain, though some argue that a larger event like the bubonic plague caused the variation, the BBC reports. More »

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      genetics  • HIV/AIDS  • genetic research  • Roman Empire  • plague  • global health

    • HIV Adoptions From Abroad on Rise

      Associated Press  |  Sep 2, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      HIV Adoptions From Abroad on Rise

      (Newser) - More US families are adopting HIV-infected children from overseas, primarily in Ethiopia, the AP reports. Stats from one international agency show 38 adoptions of infected Ethiopian children this year, up from 13 in 2007 and four in 2006. HIV adoptions have also increased in China, Ghana, Haiti, and Russia, say US adoption agencies, though at significantly lower numbers. More »

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      Africa  • public health  • HIV  • HIV/AIDS  • Ethiopia  • foreign adoptions

  • August 2008

    • CDC Sharply Raises Estimate of HIV Cases in US

      New York Times  |  Aug 2, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      CDC Sharply Raises Estimate of HIV Cases in US

      (Newser) - A lot more people in the US have HIV than previously thought. A new CDC study suggests that the US has undercounted by about 15,000 cases a year for 15 years or so, the New York Times reports. That would add 225,000 cases to the current estimate of about 1 million. The new figures are likely to have a big impact on decisions about AIDS policy in the US and fuel criticism about prevention measures, the Times notes. More »

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      scientific study  • HIV/AIDS  • CDC  • Federal government  • epidemiology  • AIDS epidemic

  • July 2008

    • AIDS Infection Rate Steady, But Deaths Decline

      Bloomberg  |  Jul 29, 08 3:21 PM CDT

      AIDS Infection Rate Steady, But Deaths Decline

      (Newser) - Although global AIDS infection rates have remained constant, deaths from the disease dropped by 10% last year as more patients got access to drugs, the United Nations finds. The UN attributes the drop in deaths—from 2.7 million to 2 million—to better help for HIV-positive mothers, increased condom use, and fewer teens having sex before age 15, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      United Nations  • HIV/AIDS

    • Stubborn Mbeki Denies the Blood on Hands

      New York Times  |  Jul 3, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Stubborn Mbeki Denies the Blood on Hands

      (Newser) - Five years ago Roger Cohen interviewed Thabo Mbeki in the New York Times , and even then the South African president insisted that Zimbabwe will "get over" its conflicts. So as supposed mediator in Zimbabwe's deepening economic and humanitarian disaster, why has Mbeki still done nothing? An earlier act of stubbornness might provide a clue: his AIDS denialism, which cost hundreds of thousands of lives in his own country. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • South Africa  • AIDS  • HIV  • Thabo Mbeki  • HIV/AIDS

  • June 2008

    • HIV Rate Soars 12% Among Young Gay Men

      Washington Post  |  Jun 27, 08 2:28 AM CDT

      HIV Rate Soars 12% Among Young Gay Men

      (Newser) - HIV infection rates are rising by 12% annually among young gay men aged 13 to 24—and even more among young black men, the Washington Post reports. That's 10 times higher than the overall gay community, possibly because younger men have “not been personally affected by AIDS in the same way that their older peers were," suggests one expert. More »

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      sex  • African Americans  • gay  • HIV  • HIV/AIDS  • survey  • homosexual

    • City Plans to Test Every Bronx Adult for HIV

      New York Times  |  Jun 26, 08 3:50 AM CDT

      City Plans to Test Every Bronx Adult for HIV

      (Newser) - City officials aim to test every Bronx adult for HIV by 2011 under an ambitious initiative to tackle the high rate of AIDS deaths in the borough, the New York Times reports. The voluntary testing would become routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics and would pare down consent requirements into a 5-minute presentation health care providers could quickly run through. More »

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      New York  • public health  • AIDS  • HIV/AIDS  • AIDS prevention  • Bronx

  • May 2008

    • US Must End Ban on HIV-Positive Immigrants

      Washington Post  |  May 14, 08 6:06 PM CDT

      US Must End Ban on HIV-Positive Immigrants

      (Newser) - The US is one of only 12 countries (including Sudan, Moldova and Libya) that flouts UN law by barring HIV-positive visitors or immigrants—and the restriction must end, writes Andrew Sullivan in the Washington Post . The HIV-positive Sullivan, a senior editor at Atlantic magazine, remains in the US only with the help of “great lawyers, a rare O visa…a government-granted HIV waiver” and endless legal fees—and he’s one of the lucky ones. More »

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      George W. Bush  • immigration  • discrimination  • HIV/AIDS  • Andrew Sullivan

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Zimbabwe Opposition Claims Victory

      Reuters  |  Mar 30, 08 6:20 AM CDT

      Zimbabwe Opposition Claims Victory

      (Newser) - The Zimbabwe opposition is claiming victory in national elections to unseat long-time leader Robert Mugabe—but government authorities quickly warned that premature pronouncements would be dealt with harshly. "It is called a coup d'etat and we all know how coups are handled," warned a government spokesman. Authorities plan to announce official results today. President Mugabe faced the most formidable opposition in his 28-year reign in yesterday's elections. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • HIV/AIDS  • Amnesty International  • Harare

    • Scientists Build Immune System in Test Tube

      Time  |  Mar 28, 08 3:09 PM CDT

      Scientists Build Immune System in Test Tube

      (Newser) - Scientists have discovered a way to produce tiny artificial human immune systems, Time reports, a breakthrough that could transform vaccine research. The process—called Modular Immune In Vitro Construct—will allow researchers to test budding medicines as never before and possibly make faster progress against AIDS and other killers.  More »

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      medicine  • medical breakthrough  • vaccine  • HIV/AIDS  • immune system  • clinical trials

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • School Breaks With Feds Over Gay Rights

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jan 31, 08 8:59 PM CST

      School Breaks With Feds Over Gay Rights

      (Newser) - Saying a federal directive aimed at keeping gay men from donating blood violates school non-discrimination policies, the president of a California university is stopping blood drives on campus, the San Jose Mercury News reports. In a campus-wide email, San Jose State University president Don Kassing says a ban on such collections by student and staff groups will remain in effect indefinitely. More »

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      FDA  • gay rights  • HIV/AIDS  • San Jose State University  • blood drives

    • Bush's Unsung AIDS Policy

      New York Times  |  Jan 5, 08 6:19 PM CST

      Bush's Unsung AIDS Policy

      (Newser) - A little known, $19-billion program has provided medicine to 1.4 million AIDS-stricken Africans and may be President Bush's most enduring success story, the New York Times reports.  “I’m amazed at how little (Americans) know about Pepfar,” said one Ugandan doctor of the program. Africans are terrified that “the Bush funds” will leave office when a new president is sworn in next year. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Africa  • HIV/AIDS  • abstinence  • PEPFAR

    • Fight Disease, Not Just AIDS

      New York Times  |  Jan 1, 08 1:05 PM CST

      Fight Disease, Not Just AIDS

      (Newser) - Global action to fight HIV/AIDS is imperative, but wealthy countries should reconsider committing most of their assistance to just one disease, Harvard expert Daniel Halperin writes in today's New York Times. Cheaply preventable illnesses like diarrhea claim many more lives in the poorest African countries than HIV yet receive scant attention, Halperin writes, calling attention to the "discrepancy between Western donors’ priorities and the real needs of Africans." More »

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      Africa  • public health  • HIV/AIDS  • malaria  • tuberculosis  • Harvard School of Public Health

  • December 2007

    • NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing

      Associated Press  |  Dec 26, 07 7:31 PM CST

      NJ to Require Prenatal HIV Testing

      (Newser) - Doctors in New Jersey will soon test all expecting mothers for HIV under a new law signed today. The test will become a routine part of prenatal care unless a woman specifically asks not to have one, the AP reports. Previously, doctors were required only to offer the test. Doctors also must test infants when the mother’s status is positive or unknown. More »

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      pregnancy  • New Jersey  • HIV/AIDS

    • Syphilis Makes a Surprise Comeback

      Associated Press  |  Dec 20, 07 5:34 PM CST

      Syphilis Makes a Surprise Comeback

      (Newser) - Syphilis, the sexual scourge of the 19th century, was all but vanquished in Europe in the fifties. But it's making a comeback, with 2006 UK infection rates 10 times what they were a decade earlier, and other nations boasting similar stats. Health officials blame the upsurge on the rise of online dating sites and "safe sex fatigue" after the HIV awareness campaigns of the nineties. More »

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      public health  • HIV/AIDS  • sexual health  • STD  • online dating  • syphilis

    • Navy Chaplain With HIV Gets Jail in Forcible Sodomy Case

      Associated Press  |  Dec 6, 07 2:43 PM CST

      Navy Chaplain With HIV Gets Jail in Forcible Sodomy Case

      (Newser) - An HIV-positive US Navy chaplain pleaded guilty today to several charges of forcible sodomy and an aggravated assault charge for not disclosing his HIV status to one man, the AP reports. Lt. Cmdr. John Thomas Matthew Lee, 42, was sentenced to two years; without the plea bargain, the charges could have carried a life sentence. More »

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      Catholic Church  • homosexuality  • US Navy  • HIV/AIDS  • US Naval Academy

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